BUSWORLD PHOTOGRAPHY

I AM CHRISTOPHER LEACH THE ARTIST. I started this blog so that I can share with everyone my vast collection of transport photographs showing a personal and nostalgic view of the industry with images that span some 45 years taking in the U.K and some of Europe. I have no darkroom and so rather than being the perfectionist after tidying them up I upload the images warts and all, and even those that won't scan squarely or are scratched. In a way it adds age and character. You are all free to download these for your personal use but please remember I still own them and you are not just free to use them without prior permission for any knd of publishing. Click on images to enlarge them and if you want to see more leave your comments or visit my website for the mother-site with galleries including those Buses & Girls: PICTUREWORLD

Tuesday 25 February 2014

G142HNP: One of Fifty new Lynx's for Midland Red West

Following Deregulation the fledgling major groups used all their spare cash to fund expansion and many fleets like Badgerline's Midland Red West were starved of new buses. And whilst elderly Nationals soldiered on the arrival of no less than fifty Leyland Lynxes changed the new bus situation dramatically in Redditch and parts of Birmingham.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The MRW and West Midland Lynxs shared the same fleet numbers, presenting an interesting photographic challenge! Now where is thta slide!?!

christopher said...

The West Midland series was somewhat bigger of course, but these coincidences were not uncommon in the bus world. However in their respective different colours they weren't easily mistaken.